Aug 21 2023
Wake Up Narcolepsy 2nd Annual Wicked Cornhole Tournament 2023
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On August 19th, 2023, Wake Up Narcolepsy hosted our 2nd annual Wicked Cornhole Tournament at Worcester Country Club! The event was to fundraise for sending kids with Narcolepsy to our annual camp with The Center for Courageous Kids. More information about the annual WUN & CCK camp can be found here.
Left: David Gow, Barbara Gignac, Monica Gow, Thomas Gow, Lynn Grisco and Cara Weaver
Right: Ralph Capaldi and Alec Cintron
The event was an amazing success, attended by around 80 people and raising just under $10,000 for kids with Narcolepsy! Teams played four games each, before the playoffs commenced. There was also silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle, refreshments and music! Wonderful connections were made and education about Narcolepsy was shared.
The winners of the tournament were Ralph Capaldi and Alec Cintron! The runners-up were Robert Blute and Tom Head! Congratulations and thank you to the winners, runners-up and all the other teams who competed!
Cara Weaver, the marketing & communications coordinator for WUN and a person with Narcolepsy Type 2, spoke about her experiences with Narcolepsy. The recording of this speech can be found on our YouTube channel or at the bottom of this article.
Thank You!
Thank you to Wicked Cornhole (below left) for collaborating with us on this event, to Worcester Country Club for hosting us, and to Redemption Rock Brewing Co. (below right) for being there to provide the drinks for the event! Thank you also to our board sponsors, Joan Shay, Joseph Bafaro, Kristin Gagnon and Linda Bonder! Thank you also to our volunteers for helping the event run smoothly! Thank you to Dan and Melissa Dyson for the custom Boston Red Sox cornhole boards, complete with Wake Up Narcolepsy’s logo, for us to auction off!
And, finally, thank you to the sponsors of the event and our silent auction donors: Grisco Consulting, Milton CAT, The Gow Family, Arthur L. FitzGerald III Attorney at Law, The Hein Family, McDavitt Wealth Management, Foundation To Be Named Later, Lake George Distilling Co., The Ryan Family and Redemption Rock Brewing Co.!
We hope to see you all at our 2024 event!
Stay tuned for details and donate to the cause below!
Photos & Video from our 2023 Event
